Champaign real estate developer, was instrumental in helping them connect with the Champaign County Chamber of Commerce and explore the concept of a green business association with local business leaders, whose excitement indicated that the concept could extend well beyond campus or the local community.
"Interest grew, and it became quickly apparent that this was going to be a statewide organization and that we should move toward a 501-3C nonprofit status," Wilcoxen said.
The UI and Busey Bank are partnering in the CUGBA under an agreement recently signed by Chancellor Richard Herman and Van Dukeman, president and chief executive officer of First Busey Corp. CUGBA is being coordinated through Dick Warner, director of the UI's Office of Sustainability.
More information about the CUGBA and its programs is available online.